Video: AutoCar test drives the Ferrari 599 GTO

Being a UK based automotive publication has its perks – one of them being getting to drive cars like the new Ferrari 599 GTO that haven’t yet made their way to the United States. Check out AutoCar’s first driving impressions of the new hardcore Ferrari in the video posted after the jump.

Refresher: Power for the Ferrari 599 GTO comes from a 6.0L V12 engine making 661-hp with a maximum torque of 457 lb-ft. Mated to a F1 6″“speed gearbox, the Ferrari 599 GTO goes from 0-62 mph in 3.5 seconds with a top speed of more than 208 mph. Ferrari says that the 599 GTO set a record lap at Fiorano in 1 minute and 24 seconds.